HarperCollins Canada is launching their "Pop Culture" email newsletter with a contest. Subscribe to their newsletter and you could win a "Pop Culture Prize Pack" consisting of one signed copy of Warren Ellis' new book, Crooked Little Vein as well as a limited Crooked Little Vein t-shirt! Also included in the pack is Neil Gaiman's Stardust, Scott McCloud's Making Comics, Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union and My Dead Girlfriend by Eric Wight.

If you're worried about spam, don't be- the newsletter is actually quite informative for pop-culture vultures. So, even if it is clever marketing, it's clever because its pretty good.

In October, 31 teen authors will be participating in online, interactive chats with fans as part of Readergirlz and YALSA's "31 Flavorites" event. Participating authors include Stephenie Meyer (of Twilight fame), John Green (author of the fantastic Looking for Alaska), Meg Cabot (author of too many books to even begin to mention) and many, many more. For the full schedule and further details, click here.

To celebrate the release of Eclipse, the third in the increasingly popular Twilight Series, Little Brown Books for Young Readers has developed a new website, featuring polls, discussion boards, and a photo gallery.

Who knew that Boba Fett was into teen vampire romance?

The worst kept secret in table-top gaming was let out of the bag today at the annual gaming convention Gen Con. Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition is on the way.

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